When parents designate a guardian for their children, they can choose whether to have the same person be guardian over both person and property or whether to give these separate roles to separate people. In this blog post, we provide a framework for choosing a guardian of property—which can be either a conservator (if you do not have a trust in place) or a trustee (if you do have a trust in place).

For 18 years, you’ve been an advocate for your child’s medical, financial, academic, and legal concerns. It can come as a surprise, then, when your child turns 18, and suddenly you are no longer their agent in the eyes of the law.